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Author: Thomas Cameron
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Subject: SCSI issue
You can try it, but I think the boot drive should be 0 - try 1, see if it
works.
--
Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT
Cameron Technical Services, Inc.
http://www.camerontech.com/
(512) 454-3200
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Wultsch" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 3:37 AM
Subject: Re: SCSI issue


> Turns out that the issue with it hanging was that of one the hard drives
> needing to be remounted. BTW are those things hot-swapable?
>
> I now have the hd's at 1 and 3, and the cdrom at 5. Is it worth the
> trouble to get the harddrives to be anything else or will I be good?
>
>
> Thomas Cameron wrote:
> > What does probe-scsi-all tell you?
> > --
> > Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT
> > Cameron Technical Services, Inc.
> > http://www.camerontech.com/
> > (512) 454-3200
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Robert Wultsch" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 2:44 AM
> > Subject: Re: SCSI issue
> >
> >
> >
> >>No joy. I tried seetting as id 5, and it hung. Then I tried id 3, and it
> >>hung again.
> >>
> >>I think i will try to useid4 until I get an os install, then i will pull
> >>the drive.
> >>
> >>
> >>Thanks a bunch for the help. I feel the same way around as I did around
> >>girls when I was in third grade. EWWWWWWW, they're weird.
> >>
> >>Thomas Cameron wrote:
> >>
> >>>???
> >>>
> >>>Oh, I see the mistake. Almost every SCSI device has at least 3 pairs

of
> >>>jumpers. To set the ID it is something like this (I am using : for

open
> >>>jumpers and I for closed jumpers):
> >>>
> >>>::: - ID 0
> >>>I:: - ID 1
> >>>:I: - ID 2
> >>>II: - ID 3 (1+2)
> >>>::I - ID 4
> >>>I:I - ID 5 (1+4)
> >>>:II - ID 6 (2+4)
> >>>III - ID 7 (1+2+4)
> >>>
> >>>See how that works?
> >>>--
> >>>Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT
> >>>Cameron Technical Services, Inc.
> >>>http://www.camerontech.com/
> >>>(512) 454-3200
> >>>----- Original Message -----
> >>>From: "Robert Wultsch" <>
> >>>To: <>
> >>>Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 2:11 AM
> >>>Subject: Re: SCSI issue
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>The cdrom only has the option for 1,2, and 4.
> >>>>
> >>>>Thomas Cameron wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Ouch - set them to 0, 1 and 5 and you will be in better shape. That
> >>>
> >>>unit
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>takes 80-pin drives, so you shouldn't need to mess with termination.
> >>>>>--
> >>>>>Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT
> >>>>>Cameron Technical Services, Inc.
> >>>>>http://www.camerontech.com/
> >>>>>(512) 454-3200
> >>>>>----- Original Message -----
> >>>>>From: "Robert Wultsch" <>
> >>>>>To: <>
> >>>>>Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 1:57 AM
> >>>>>Subject: Re: SCSI issue
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>Thanks.
> >>>>>>Cdrom is set to id4,hd are 1 and 3.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>A picture of my ghetto sled (I did not have a real sled and did not
> >
> > feel
> >
> >>>>>>like paying for one) is at
> >>>>>>http://www.public.asu.edu/~rwultsch/media/dsc_004.jpg .
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Thomas Cameron wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Look up the installed drives on the vendor's (i.e. Seagate or WD or
> >>>>>>>whatever) web site. Jumper the first drive to be SCSI ID 0, the
> >
> > second
> >
> >>>>>>>drive to be ID1 and the CD to be SCSI ID 5. Sparcs don't play nice
> >>>
> >>>with
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>a
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>CD which is not SCSI ID 5.
> >>>>>>>--
> >>>>>>>Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT
> >>>>>>>Cameron Technical Services, Inc.
> >>>>>>>http://www.camerontech.com/
> >>>>>>>(512) 454-3200
> >>>>>>>----- Original Message -----
> >>>>>>>From: "Robert Wultsch" <>
> >>>>>>>To: <>
> >>>>>>>Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 1:28 AM
> >>>>>>>Subject: SCSI issue
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>I have a sparc station 20 that I recently bough a cdrom for so

that
> >
> > I
> >
> >>>>>>>>could install debian linux. At this point there is not a

functioning
> >>>
> >>>os
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>>>on the computer.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>At the OK prompt when I type "probe scsi" I am told that only the
> >>>
> >>>cdrom
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>>>is detected and then it hangs. On the two hard drives previously
> >>>>>>>>installed there is a total of one jumper in place. On the cdrom no
> >>>>>>>>jumper are in place.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>I am sure this is a simple matter of the scsi variant of
> >
> > master/slave
> >
> >>>or
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>>>something like that, but I would rather not experiment with

jumpers.
> >>>>>>>>
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